The efficacy of frequency-specific acupuncture stimulation on extracellular dopamine concentration in striatum-A rat model study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 415, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-184

  Shen, Ein Yiao ^a,b   Lai, Yu Jun ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Corpus striatum; Dopamine; Frequency; Microdialysis

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE MODEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33847739701     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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